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T 54             P 54             MP54             PB57
THE               PING
B40       -       THE       PING       BAGG


PAGE   NEW   APRIL   24,   2010

THE   MP41   OF   1905   -   THIS   IS   NOT   A   PING



THE   MP54   OF   1908   -   THIS   IS   NOT   A   PING
THIS   CAR   TYPE   WAS   KNOWN   AS   A   "MAINLINER"



BILL RUGEN PHOTO


TRAINS   OF   MP54'S   CONSISTED   ENTIRELY   OF   MOTORS


THESE WOODEN CENTER-DOOR ELEVATED CARS WERE BUILT IN 1898
FOR SERVICE TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE VIA THE FLATBUSH AVENUE EL.
IN 1905 THEY WERE WIRED FOR OPERATION AS TRAILERS WITH THE MP41'S.


BELMONT     PARK     GO   TO   BELMONT   PARK

TYPICAL SEVEN CAR TRAIN WITH FOUR MP41 MOTORS AND THREE CENTER DOOR
WOOD TRAILERS ON THE FOUR TRACK SECTION BETWEEN "QY" CABIN AND "BM" TOWER.


MAY 1913 JAMAICA   -   IN 1915 THE OPERATION OF THESE CARS BETWEEN
STEEL CARS WAS OUTLAWED BY THE STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.


TO   REPLACE   THESE   TRAILERS   THE   RAILROAD   DESIGNED   THE   T54


THE       PING









THE   CAR   WAS   DESIGNED   BY   CHESTER   HYDE   AND   BUILT   BY   STANDARD   STEEL   CAR   COMPANY.
THUS   THESE   INITIALS   STENCILED   ON   THE   TRUCK.



NUMBERS   921   AND   922   WERE   LATER   EQUIPPED   WITH   STEAM   LINES   AND   BELT  -
DRIVEN   GENERATORS,   MODERNIZED,   AND   BECAME   CLASS   P54D   NUMBERS   7921   AND   7922


 

        UNTIL AUTOMATIC DOOR CONTROL WAS INSTALLED THE
DOORS WERE OPERATED MANUALLY FROM BETWEEN THE CARS
 





THE   FIRST   PING   MOTOR   THE   1920   MP54B
AFTER   MODERNIZATION   NUMBER   1683   BECAME   4683


THE FRONT TRUCK WAS MOTORIZED AND DIFFERED FROM THE REAR TRAILER TRUCK
 

NUMBER 1717 WAS AN MP54C BUILT IN 1920 AND HAD A DIFFERENT STYLE TRUCK




1920 MP54C'S NUMBERS 1698 THROUGH 1707 HAD TRUCKS WITH
EQUALIZERS WHICH LATER BECAME STANDARD ON THE LATER CARS
THE 1698 DID NOT GET EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC SPEED
CONTROL AND BECAME MOTORIZED TRAILER NUMBER 5698.


TRUCK WITH EQUALIZER BAR   -   THIS THIRD RAIL SHOE BEAM
HAS A TRIPPER   -   AUTOMATIC TRAIN STOP   -   MECHANISM


IN 1930 STEAM LINE P54D'S NUMBERS 51 THROUGH 90 WERE EQUIPPED WITH MOTORS
AND CONTROLS,   RENUMBERED 1944 THROUGH 1983 AND RECLASSIFIED AS MP54D1.
THEY HAD ANOTHER TRUCK TYPE.   AFTER MODERNIZATION 1944 BECAME 4944






THEY   RETAINED   THEIR   DIAPHRAGM   FRAMES


THE   P54D   STEAM   LINE   PING   BUILT   IN   1926 AND   1927


THE   PB57   STEAM   LINE   PING   COMBINE   OF   1927



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